REVIEW INNOVATIONS

MANILA AND DAVAO CITY

PHILIPPINES

GEODETIC ENGINEERS Final Pre-Board Examination

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Saturday, September 30, 2017 8:00AM – 10:00 AM

THEORY AND PRACTICE

SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK.

1. How many hectares can a private corporation or association lease alienable and
disposable lands of the public domain
A. 24 C. 12
B. 1000 D. 1500

2. Can the government dispose of any property of public domain?

A. Yes, because the government is the owner
B. No, because it is outside the commerce of man
C. No, but the government can always exercise its police power
D. Yes, but it should pass through the DENR

3. The bottom cross section of a geodetic control monument of a third order of

accuracy is ____ cm
A. 35X35 C. 40x45
B. 30x30 D. 25x25

4. The vertical accuracy for primary control project is ______ mm times the square
root of the distance.
A. 15 C. 12
B. 10 D. 20

5. Any person found extracting and disposing minerals without mining agreement
license, shall upon conviction be fined or imprisoned from six months to ______
years.
A. 3 C. 12
B. 6 D. 10

6. Can an owner of a piece of land claims that he is also the owner of the aerial
and space exactly corresponding to the size of his property on the surface of
the earth?
A. Yes, because the government is the owner
B. No, because it is outside the commerce of man
C. No, but the government can always exercise its police power
D. Yes, but it should pass through the DENR

7. What is the main reason why our planet is hotter, which causes another weather
disaster, drought and flood?
A. Too much water pollution.
B. Carbon Pollution
C. Uncontrolled Temperature
D. Noise Pollution

8. Which agency of the government can bring action in court in order to revert a
private land back to the Government?
A. LMB C. LRA
B. PARO D. Office of the Solicitor General

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9. Any Filipino citizen can acquire A&D lands of the public domain through lease,
provided it is not more than _____has.
A. 1000 C. 12
B. 500 D. 24

10. Why are alluvial deposits given to the owners of lands adjoining the banks of
rivers?
A. The owner is still considered landless.
B. Because the adjoining owner is a tenant.
C. To make every square inch of the land productive.
D. To offset his loss for possible erosion.

11. Can family members of the transferor repurchase the land under RA 6657?
A. No, because it is prohibited to transfer lands acquired under RA6657.
B. No, it is against the law and therefore there is nothing to repurchase
C. Yes, within two years
D. Yes, within three years

12. Municipalities with an average annual income equal to or more than Forty Five
Million Pesos (P45,000,000.00), but not exceeding Fifty Five Million Pesos
(P55,000,000.00), as provided for in DO 23-08.
A. First Class Municipalities
B. Second Class Municipalities
C. Third Class Municipalities
D. Other Municipalities

13. Municipalities with an average annual income of Fifty Five Million Pesos
(P55,000,000.00), as provided for Department Order No. 23-08 of the Department
of Finance dated July 29, 2008 (DO 23-08).
A. First Class Municipalities
B. Second Class Municipalities
C. Third Class Municipalities
D. Other Municipalities

14. Municipalities with an average annual income of Fifty Five Million Pesos
(P55,000,000.00), as provided for Department Order No. 23-08 of the Department
of Finance dated July 29, 2008 (DO 23-08).
A. First Class Municipalities
B. Second Class Municipalities
C. Third Class Municipalities
D. Other Municipalities

15. Under the IRR of Republic Act No. 10023, the application of a parcel of lot for
highly urbanized cities shall not exceed ____________ square meters.
A. 200 SQ.M.
B. 500 SQ.M.
C. 750 SQ.M.
D. 1000 SQ.M.

16. Under the IRR of Republic Act No. 10023, the application of a parcel of lot for
other cities shall not exceed ____________ square meters.
A. 200 SQ.M.
B. 500 SQ.M.
C. 750 SQ.M.
D. 1000 SQ.M.

17. Under the IRR of Republic Act No. 10023, the application of a parcel of lot for
first class and second class municipalities shall not exceed ____________
square meters.
A. 200 SQ.M.
B. 500 SQ.M.
C. 750 SQ.M.
D. 1000 SQ.M.

18. Under the IRR of Republic Act No. 10023, the application of a parcel of lot for
other municipalities shall not exceed ____________ square meters.

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 A. 200 SQ.M.
B. 500 SQ.M.
C. 750 SQ.M.
D. 1000 SQ.M.

19. Any person found extraction and disposing minerals without a missing agreement,
lease, permit of license shall upon conviction be fine on imprisoned from six
months to _____ years.
A 10
B. 6
C. 3
D. 12

20. The standard accuracy of traverse closure for lot survey in a cadastral survey
is in accordance with the ____ control.
A. Primary
B. First order
C. Tertiary
D. Secondary
21. What kind of watershed area the needs immediate protection and rehabilitation is
support to existing and future hydrostatic powers irrigation and domestic
water needs.
A. Virgin Forest
B. Agro forestry
C. Private reforestation project
D. Critical watershed

22. The cancelation of Free patent between the grantee and the ____.
A. Applicant/Grantee
B. LRA/Register of deeds
C. DARAB/PARO
D. DENR/LMB

23. In the manual for land survey procedure, establishment of geodetic control
points by connecting to existing control, the connection shall be made to control
on the same or higher order of accuracy. To achieve first order, the recommended
number of observation is ______.
A. 6 or more
B. 4 or more
C. 5 or more
D. 3 or more

24. Before provincial roads are monumented a notice shall be sent to the ______.
A. Municipal engineer
B. City engineer
C. Provincial Environmental and Natural Resources Office
D. District engineer DPWH

25. Number of station between azimuth checks in secondary control traverse by

astronomical observation not exceed ______.
A. 50 stations
B. 35 stations
C. 30 stations
D. 25 stations

26. In tertiary control triangulation, the check on base not to exceed _____.
A. 1:10,000
B. 1:15,000
C. 1:50,000
D. 1:20,000

27. DENR DAO 2007-29 provides standard accuracy for secondary traverse using
conventional instruments, linear error of closure.
A. 20cm/km
B. 10cm/km
C. 5cm/km
D. 2.5cm/km

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28. It is a kind of survey for the purpose of determining the changes in elevation
of the surface of the ground along some definite line.
A. Topography
B. Cross-section
C. Trigonometric levelling
D. Profile levelling

29. The most farerable time to conduct solar observation is ______.

A. Before 8am, after 2pm
B. After 8am, before 2pm
C. Before 8am, before 2pm
D. After 8am, after 2pm

30. The geodetic control survey party, financial plan, equipment development for the
project and the estimated duration of the project are composed of _____.
A. Field operation plan
B. Project management plan
C. Technical plan
D. management plan

31. In the manual for land surveys procedure, establishment of geodetic control
points by connecting to existing control, the connection shall be made to control
on the same on higher order of accuracy, to achieve 3rd order, the minimum number
of observation is _______.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 4

32. In housing subdivision of titled property, it is necessary to determine the

extent of property before topographic survey hence, a need of ______.
A. Relocation survey
B. Resurvey
C. Verification survey
D. Amendment survey

33. The point of objects back sighted could be bisected by the _______.
A. Lower clamp
B. Upper clamp
C. Lower clamp tangent screw
D. Upper clamp tangent screw

34. In primary control measurements by repetition, at the initial station, add the
first angles on the mean of the observed angles to the back azimuth and subtract
360degrees if the sum exceeds 360degrees, the result is ______.
A. Back solution
B. Back azimuth
C. Forward azimuth
D. Forward solution

35. In mine surveying, the vertical angle between the plane of the vein and a
horizontal plane measured
perpendicular to the strike
A. Heading
B. Shaft
C. Drift
D. Dip

36. In the elements of circular curve, it is the distance formed from curve begins
to the point of intersection or from the point of intersection to the curve ends.
A. External distance

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 B. Middle ordinate
C. Tangent distance
D. Radius

37. A traverse which closes to the point of its origin is known as ___________
A. Circuit traverse
B. Hanging traverse
C. Loop traverse
D. Connection Traverse

38. In primary control line measurement, the steel tape shall be supported to
minimize sagging, throughout its entire length at every _________.
A. 25 meters
B. 20 meters
C. 50 meters
D. 10 meters

39. In primary control measurement by repetition, subtract the observed angle from
the back azimuth of the proceeding line. If the difference is negative, add 360
degrees. the positive sum is the _________
A. Forward solution
B. Back azimuth
C. Forward azimuth
D. Back solution

40. Advance survey shall be made only after a written authority is secured, upon recommendation of
the __________
A. Chief of Cadastral
B. Chief Surveys Division
C. Regional Technical Director for Lands
D. Regional Executive Director

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